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Deep inside the Whitey Bulger story

Steve Kroft learned much more about Whitey Bulger from the people who hunted him for 16 years and from one of Bulger’s neighbors.

2013Nov 24

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In the above video, Steve
Kroft tells the story of Bulger’s complex relationship with James Lawlor, a man
Bulger befriended to gain an alias. FBI agents Phil Torsney, now retired, and
Rich Teahan say why Bulger targeted Lawlor and what Bulger said about Lawlor’s
death. “I think they really became close, “ says Teahan.

An obsessed FBI analyst

Bobbi
Hastings, a retired analyst who was with the FBI from the day Bulger fled,
tells Steve Kroft that tracking down Bulger consumed her life. “It was
obsessive,” she says, and her obsession didn’t end with Bulger’s capture.
Hastings explains, “It became our life. And it doesn't go away.”Watch the video

"Cleaning" cash in Vegas?

FBI
agents Phil Torsney, now retired, and Rich Teahan talk with Steve Kroft about
their belief that Whitey Bulger took trips to Las Vegas in order to swap his
old bills for new ones. Bulger’s stash of cash dated back to the mid 90s, when
he became a fugitive, and old bills can raise suspicion.Watch the video

Staying on the lam

The car
Bulger drove was registered to James Lawlor, a man Bulger befriended to gain an
alias. Retired FBI agent Phil Torsney tells Steve Kroft that Bulger was so
dedicated to the fugitive life that when Lawlor died, Bulger abandoned the car
and never drove again.Watch the video

Leaving behind a life of crime

FBI
agent Rich Teahan tells Steve Kroft that Whitey Bulger was living a quiet,
unassuming life with his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig, in Santa Monica.
“He was skilled at hiding as a fugitive, as was Catherine skilled at keeping
him to remain as a fugitive,” says Teahan.Watch the video

Was Whitey writing a memoir?

FBI
Special Agent Scott Garriola tells Steve Kroft about finding a handwritten
manuscript in Whitey Bulger’s apartment. Garriola explains that after a cryptic
comment from Bulger, “I figured there was something upstairs.”Watch the video

A notorious gangster for a neighbor

Barbara
Gluck tells Steve Kroft about learning that her longtime neighbor was actually
Whitey Bulger, the FBI’s most-wanted man. The FBI offered a large reward for
Bulger’s capture, but Gluck had never even heard of him. Gluck tells Kroft, “If
I knew who he was, I would be worth $2 million today!”Watch the video